Infectious diseases cost the Russian economy $18 billion

MOSCOW, June 12, 2017 (WAM) – The Russian Statistics Authority announced, on Thursday, that the Russian economy recorded losses of about $18 billion due to infectious diseases last year, an increase of 20 percent compared to 2024.

The Russian Federal Statistics Authority said in a press statement that about 30 infectious diseases cost the Russian economy about 18 billion dollars during the past year, and despite the quantitative decrease in the total number of infections, it recorded sharp exceedances of historical rates in a number of diseases, most notably Haemophilus influenzae infection, which exceeded its annual average by 19.3 times, German measles, which increased 5.6 times, and influenza, which jumped six-fold.

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